Trump says he will sign bill to release Epstein files if it passes, insists he has 'nothing to hide'

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump said on Monday, November 17, that he would sign legislation to release files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein if the bill passes Congress, while insisting Democrats, not Republicans, were connected to Epstein.

Asked in the Oval Office whether he would approve the measure should it clear both chambers, Trump replied, “We have nothing to do with Epstein. The Democrats do — all of his friends were Democrats.” The House is expected to vote on the bill on Tuesday.

Trump says ‘I wasn’t at all’ with Jeffrey Epstein 

Trump said that he does not want the Epstein matter to “deflect” from the GOP’s momentum, adding, “Democrats are totally blamed for the shutdown.”

Calling renewed attention to Epstein politically motivated, Trump said, “It's just a Russia, Russia, Russia hoax as it pertains to the Republicans.”

He insisted that his own administration had already released extensive records. “You know, we’ve already given 50,000 pages,” he said.

Trump also insinuated that Democrats were more closely tied to Epstein. “Some of the people that we mentioned are being looked at very seriously for their relationship to Jeffrey Epstein, but they were with him all the time. I wasn’t. I wasn’t at all, and we’ll see what happens.”

Trump repeatedly urged Republicans not to let the issue overshadow what he described as the party’s achievements.

Trump wants focus on achievements over Epstein controversy

While Trump ultimately confirmed his support for the measure, he encouraged Republicans not to amplify the issue. “Sure, I would,” he said when pressed again on whether he’d sign it.

“Let the Senate look at it. Let anybody look at it, but don’t talk about it too much, because, honestly, I don’t want to take it away from us,” he added.

He reiterated, “It’s really a Democrat problem. The Democrats were Epstein’s friends, all of them, and it’s a hoax.”

Trump asked to shift focus from Epstein to his achievements, touting his record on affordability and national security.

He said that he wants the public to "recognize a great job that I've done on pricing, on affordability, because we brought prices way down, but they're going way lower on energy, on ending eight wars and another one coming pretty soon,” he said.

Trump has urged House Republicans to vote for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files after the records released by Democrats linking him to the disgraced financier became a huge controversy.

He said that he isn’t interested in dragging out what he called a “Democrat hoax” led by “Radical Left lunatics,” while insisting that Republicans have “nothing to hide.”

He shared the message on Truth Social on Sunday, taking a shot at the “fake” news media, though he did not name specific outlets.

The president added that some Republicans are being “used” and warned that the party cannot allow that to continue. He also cautioned his supporters not to fall into what he called the “Epstein trap.”